Everything went well and successfully assembled and installed. Started assembled parts inside due to hot climate with instructions that came with it and watched a couple online videos. Moved the assembled parts outside after the weather was cooler, assembled the frame and squared it. Leveled all four posts (some difficulty here due to tilted patio surface; had to compromise /accepted the tilts on all conners). Installed roofs as per instructions and watched online videos. A couple things for sure to help with the fitting when installing roofs on frame are to have the ends/corners of roofs laid on top of frame conners' medal brackets and to lift/raise center of the first big roof during roofs fitting. Everything else assembled and installed as per instructions.

The structure nearly went up without a hitch. Received the help of a neighbor (very knowledgeable on building issues), and his older son. He's also an avid internet user and found a tutorial on YouTube to follow on his telephone. I think your assembly instructions would be better from actual photographs, instead of drawn illustrations. Hardest work was the removal of plastic covering on roof panels. Found out cooler temperatures in early morning and shade helps with the tedious process. This could be noted in assembly instructions as a helpful hint. Otherwise, the piece markings and bore holes alignment worked as expected.

This gazebo is everything we wanted and more. All of the parts fit together very well and it looks great on our back patio. My only criticism is the time it took to peel the plastic protective layer off of the roof sections of aluminum. Why not use thin cardboard between the sections? Orher than that the construction went very well. The manual was right on target.

We are 97% of the way done. Quality seems to be excellent. We ended up glueing some of the joints, just because we do get some snow loads. The only negative things we have to say is that the directions needed some improvement. Watch the youtube videos! The biggest pain was removing the plastic wraps from the metal pieces. Instructions say to do that when you are ready to assemble. Don't wait. As soon as the box arrives get some friends and patient family members to remove the plastic wrap, store in a safe place. Removing the wrap was definitely the worst part. If you have the space, lay out the pieces in assembly order, read the hardware bag ID's carefully.

We haven’t quite got it together yet because the plastic covering on the roof parts is so hard and time consuming to remove: I’m certain it will look great once we finish.

Sturdy and nice quality. Installation was easy and quick. Only reason this is not 5 stars is due to the protective film on the sheet metal roof. The film would not come off cleanly and I went multiple hours peeling it all off. Would probably not recommend based on the film which is weird because I am rating overall really high.

This is my second gazebo. First one is 8 years old and still in amazing condition. This one seems to be built in with the same quality as my old one so Im sure that I will be great as well. But I must say that the protective film on the metal pieces this time was INCREDIBLY difficult and frustrating to remove. It took roughly 6 hrs for two people to remove it all and it left a sticky film on all the surfaces that still two months later is still sticky and has leaves and pine needles sticking to it.

I am very upset that it took about 10 hours to remove plastic coating from the metal. I have written many complaints asking for a 200. Refund. We paid to have ours put up and the labor for removing plastic coating should be reimbursed to me. Now instead of having a nice shiny roof it has a sticky film all over it. This is should have been taken care of. All the reviews are all the same with this issue. Would appreciate a call back so I can talk to a real person.

I feel this is a very nice put to gether gazebo,the protecive coating on aluminum is very hard to remove the time it took to remove it all was about 8 hrs way to long .i also feel the directions should do all the steps on the roof part at once not a little then later more . iwould not ever buy another

The one rating is for the dumbest packaging I have ever seen. They cover the roof panels on a blue plastic coating. It took, three people three days to get all the plastic off. Once you get it off, it leaves a horrible residue on the roof panels that not even good off or anything else will take off. It got to be so bad that I was ready to just build my own roof for it. Absolutely ridiculous and I would not wish this on my worst enemy.